Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, Quebec
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Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne is a parish in the Municipalité régionale de comté Robert-Cliche
in Quebec
, Canada
. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches
region and the population is 1,481 as of 2009. The parish's name honours Reverend Pierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis, first priest of Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, while "Cranbourne" comes from Cranborne
, a village in East Dorset
, England
.
Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Robert-Cliche is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada, on the Chaudière River, in Chaudière-Appalaches, between La Nouvelle-Beauce and Beauce-Sartigan....
in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" |the electoral district of Beauce]]). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachian Mountains....
region and the population is 1,481 as of 2009. The parish's name honours Reverend Pierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis, first priest of Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, while "Cranbourne" comes from Cranborne
Cranborne
Cranborne is a village in East Dorset, England. In 2001 the village had a population of 779 people. The town is situated on chalk downland called Cranborne Chase, part of a large expanse of chalk in southern England which includes the nearby Salisbury Plain and Dorset Downs.-History:The village...
, a village in East Dorset
East Dorset
East Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Furzehill, near Wimborne Minster.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Wimborne Minster Urban District with part of the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District and the Wimborne and Cranborne...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
People linked to Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne
- Simon NoletSimon NoletSimon Laurent Nolet is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played ten seasons in the National Hockey League , most notably for the Philadelphia Flyers...
, a former National Hockey LeagueNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
player